Dhaka mayors get ministerial status

RTNN News Desk: Mayors of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation have been given full ministerial status.

And the mayor of Narayanganj City Corporation has been given the status of deputy minister.

The government took the decision in this regard on Tuesday, said a gazette notification issued by the Cabinet Division.

All the three mayors - Annisul Huq from Dhaka North City Corporation, Sayeed Khokon from Dhaka South City Corporation and Selina Hayat Ivy from Narayanganj City Corporation – have been elected from the ruling Awami League.

Dhaka mayors will now enjoy the rank, status and benefits of a minister while Narayanganj mayor that of a deputy minister, adds the notification.